18/Aug/24, 3:16 PM
Koluvere mõis, Koluvere, Läänemaa, Estonia
Urban park zone with Quercus robur trees, mawned grassland, on ground
58°54'18.6"N 24°06'09.6"E
🔆 Sunny sky, semi-shaded spot
Original Instagram postScleroderma citrinum
common earthball
- Scientific identification
- Scleroderma citrinum Pers.
- Family
- Sclerodermataceae
- Class
- Agaricomycetes
- Genus
- Scleroderma
Names across languages
- English: common earthball
- German: Dickschaliger Kartoffelbovist
- Finnish: Nystymukulakuukunen
- Estonian: Harilik murukera
- Russian: Ложнодождевик обыкновенный
The scientific profile
From the latest record: 2024-08-18.
Hymenium
Gleba, marbled with white veins when young, eventually powdery and (dark purple to black) when mature
Cap
No cap, instead, it has a peridium that is rough and yellowish-brown, resembling pigskin
Hymenium Attachment
spores are formed inside the body
Stipe
lacks a stem or has a very rudimentary base, almost sessile on the ground
Spore print
Spore print is brownish-black to purplish-black
Ecology
Mycorrhizal; commonly found in forests, particularly under broad-leaved and coniferous trees, frequently found in sandy soils, grassy areas, and heathlands
Edibility
Poisonous, can cause gastrointestinal distress if ingested
Fruit body
Fruit Body is 3–10 cm wide, globular to irregularly shaped.
Odour
Odour is mild to unpleasant, often described as earthy or rubbery
Microscopy
Spores spherical, thick-walled, and covered with spiny projections, 8–13 µm
Overview
Widely distributed earthball fungus with a thick, rough, warty peridium that breaks open irregularly to expose the spore mass inside
1801). Syn. Meth. Fung. (Göttingen) 1: 153.
Field encounters
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